Dramatic shift s in U.S. culture surrounding the acceptance of sexual minorities have occurred within the last five years. Yet, sexual minorities experience minority stress associated with a host of negative life outcomes. We focus on two studies (one conducted in 2011/12 and one in 2015) on university campus climate as a source of minority stress. Gauging social climate like a temperature thermometer (0=cool/rejecting-100=warm/accepting), and by attitudes of straight individuals, results of Study 1 showed a moderate campus climate for LGB identity (M = 65) with no variation by self-identification among 1101 straight and 133 sexual minority participants. Attitudes of straight participants predicted minority stress (concealment, anticipated discrimination, perceived public stigma) of sexual minorities. Study 2 was entitled “Campus PRIDE” (Perceptions Related to Identity and Diversity in the Environment). Results from 697 straight and 206 sexual minorities, showed climate varied depending on identity of focus and by self-identification as sexual minority (all t tests p<.05). Findings are discussed in light of methodological differences, backlash to advances in rights, intersections of sexual identity, gender, and race, and the process of getting “buy-in” from university administrators to conduct a university-wide climate survey.

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This report is divided into two parts. The first part explores the history of historic preservation and campus heritage movement in the United States. As historic preservation has advanced in recent years, traditional preservation concerns have changed and new challenges have arrived. The unique challenges and opportunities for campus preservation have differed from traditional historic building preservation. The second part of the report focuses on the campus design and preservation of Wuhan University in China. It first introduces the original planning and design for Wuhan University by American architect F. H. Kales. Then, it assesses the significance of the campus design on its historical, scientific, artistic values of mixed Western and Chinese cultures. Challenges facing Wuhan University for campus heritage preservation are reviewed next and recommendations are provided in the end. / text

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[pt] O presente estudo objetivou explorar a qualidade motivacional e a percepção do clima universitário dos estudantes de licenciaturas do Câmpus do Pantanal da UFMS, suas correlações entre si e seus reflexos na evasão. Para tanto foi utilizada uma metodologia quali-quantitativa na qual explorou-se a existência de associações, correlações e regressões entre os dados levantados pelo Instrumento do estudante. Participaram desta pesquisa 370 estudantes dos cursos de licenciatura do Câmpus do Pantanal, 51 professores e 5 coordenadores. Como resultados encontrados foi possível perceber que os estudantes, em sua maioria, possuem motivação autodeterminada, sendo que as mães e os professores aparecem como fator de apoio e incentivo. Os estudantes possuem uma visão positiva do clima universitário, principalmente em relação ao bem-estar, mas houve concordância com casos de racismo e falta de integração que precisam de atenção. Adicionalmente, verificamos correlações positivas entre uma percepção negativa do clima universitário com baixa qualidade motivacional e correlações positivas entre uma percepção positiva do clima com alta qualidade motivacional, embora não tenham sido encontradas variáveis do clima universitário como preditoras da variação da motivação. Entre os fatores apontados como desmotivadores, e também possivelmente associados à uma possível evasão, aparecem o ensino médio insuficiente, a dificuldade nos estudos e na organização do tempo. Como resultado a pesquisa deixa um alerta às instituições universitárias sobre a necessidade de estudos sobre fatores promotores da motivação e formas de oferecer um clima universitário positivo, principalmente relacionado à integração dos estudantes ingressantes, apoio no desenvolvimento de técnicas de estudo como um caminho para diminuir as taxas de evasão na instituição. / [en] The present study aimed at exploring the motivational quality and perception of the campus climate of UFMS undergraduate licenciate students, their correlations with each other and their impact in students drop out. For this, a qualitative-quantitative methodology was used in which the associations, correlations and regressions between the data collected by the Student Instrument were explored. A total of 370 students participated in the undergraduate licenciates courses at Câmpus do Pantanal, 51 teachers and 5 coordinators. The results allow the students, for the most part, to have self-determined motivation, with mothers and teachers appearing as a support and incentive factor. Students have a positive view of the campus climate, especially in relation to well-being, but there was agreement with the cases of racism and lack of integration that need attention. Additionally, we verified that the positive correlations between the experiences are negative to the campus climate with low motivational quality and correlated between positive climates with high motivational quality, although the campus climate variables have not been altered as predictors of the motivation variation. Among the factors pointed out as demotivators, and associated with one possible evasion, appear in insufficient secondary education, an attempt in the studies and the organization of the time. As a result of a research is an indicator of studies on the factors that promote motivation and ways of supporting a positive university climate, mainly related to the integration of incoming students, support in the development of study techniques as a way to the future avoidance rates at the institution.

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Alison, the protagonist, is a 21-year-old cello student from Northwest Ohio who studies at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Although she comes from a conservative Methodist upbringing, Alison has turned away from her beliefs and entered into a polyamorous relationship with Luke, a graduate student at the University of Cincinnati, and his wife Cheryl. Through this relationship, Alison has been able to explore her nascent bisexuality and enjoy the affection she has been denied by her reticent mother and absent father. While the members of the triad hold lofty principles about openness and trust, the practice of that relationship—and its ever-shifting unwritten rules—fail to live up to their ideals.

Sustainable Built Environments Senior Capstone Project / Apartment communities in the arid southwest in Tucson and Tempe, Arizona and Sand Diego, California within three miles of U of A, ASU, and SDSU with over 500 residents were evaluated based on the sustainability features they provided. An ANOVA test of significance was used to determine a correlation between the number of sustainability features provided and the occupancy rate of the community.